Drag vs. Trail

Dragnoun

(uncountable) Resistance of the air (or some other fluid) to something moving through it.

Dragnoun

The bottom part of a sand casting mold.

Dragnoun

(countable) A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.

Dragnoun

A puff on a cigarette or joint.

Dragnoun

Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating, or disappointing; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.

Dragnoun

A type of horse-drawn carriage.

Dragnoun

Street, as in 'main drag'.

Dragnoun

(countable) The scent-path left by dragging a fox, for training hounds to follow scents.

Dragnoun

A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.

Dragnoun

A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.

Dragnoun

A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.

Dragnoun

(metallurgy) The bottom part of a flask or mould, the upper part being the cope.

Dragnoun

(masonry) A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.

Dragnoun

(nautical) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel.

Dragnoun

Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; especially, a canvas bag with a hooped mouth (drag sail), so used.

Dragnoun

A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.

Dragnoun

Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.

Dragnoun

witch house music

Dragnoun

The last position in a line of hikers.

Dragnoun

The act of suppressing wind flow to slow an aircraft in flight, as by use of flaps when landing.

Dragnoun

Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.

Dragnoun

Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.

Dragverb

(transitive) To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.

Dragverb

(intransitive) To move slowly.

Dragverb

To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.

Dragverb

To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.

Dragverb

To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.

Dragverb

To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.

Dragverb

(computing) To move (an item) on the computer display by means of a mouse or other input device.

Dragverb

(chiefly of a vehicle) To inadvertently rub or scrape on a surface.

Dragverb

(soccer) To hit or kick off target.

Dragverb

To fish with a dragnet.

Dragverb

To search for something, as a lost object or body, by dragging something along the bottom of a body of water.

Dragverb

To break (land) by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow.

Dragverb

(figurative) To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.

Dragverb

(slang) To roast, say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).

Dragverb

To perform as a drag queen or drag king.

Dragnoun

A confection; a comfit; a drug.

Dragnoun

The act of dragging; anything which is dragged.

Dragnoun

A net, or an apparatus, to be drawn along the bottom under water, as in fishing, searching for drowned persons, etc.

Dragnoun

A kind of sledge for conveying heavy bodies; also, a kind of low car or handcart; as, a stone drag.

Dragnoun

A heavy coach with seats on top; also, a heavy carriage.

Dragnoun

A heavy harrow, for breaking up ground.

Dragnoun

Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; esp., a canvas bag with a hooped mouth, so used. See Drag sail (below).

Dragnoun

Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.

Dragnoun

The bottom part of a flask or mold, the upper part being the cope.

Dragnoun

A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.

Dragnoun

The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel. See Citation under Drag, v. i., 3.

Dragverb

To draw slowly or heavily onward; to pull along the ground by main force; to haul; to trail; - applied to drawing heavy or resisting bodies or those inapt for drawing, with labor, along the ground or other surface; as, to drag stone or timber; to drag a net in fishing.

Dragverb

To break, as land, by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow; to draw a drag along the bottom of, as a stream or other water; hence, to search, as by means of a drag.

Dragverb

To draw along, as something burdensome; hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.

Dragverb

To be drawn along, as a rope or dress, on the ground; to trail; to be moved onward along the ground, or along the bottom of the sea, as an anchor that does not hold.

Dragverb

To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.

Dragverb

To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.

Dragverb

To fish with a dragnet.

Dragnoun

the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid

Dragnoun

something that slows or delays progress;

Dragnoun

something tedious and boring;

Dragnoun

clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man);

Dragnoun

a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke);

Dragnoun

the act of dragging (pulling with force);

Dragverb

pull, as against a resistance;

Dragverb

draw slowly or heavily;

Dragverb

force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action;

Dragverb

move slowly and as if with great effort

Dragverb

to lag or linger behind;

Dragverb

suck in or take (air);

Dragverb

use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu;

Dragverb

walk without lifting the feet

Dragverb

search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost

Dragverb

persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting;

Dragverb

proceed for an extended period of time;

Dragverb

pull (someone or something) along forcefully, roughly, or with difficulty

Dragverb

take (someone) to or from a place or event, despite their reluctance

Dragverb

go somewhere wearily, reluctantly, or with difficulty

Dragverb

move (an image or highlighted text) across a computer screen using a tool such as a mouse

Dragverb

(of a person's clothes or an animal's tail) trail along the ground

Dragverb

catch hold of and pull (something)

Dragverb

(of a ship) trail (an anchor) along the seabed, drifting in the process

Dragverb

(of an anchor) fail to hold, causing a ship or boat to drift

Dragverb

search the bottom of (a river, lake, or the sea) with grapnels or nets

Dragverb

(of time) pass slowly and tediously

Dragverb

(of a process or situation) continue at tedious and unnecessary length

Dragverb

protract something unnecessarily

Dragnoun

the action of pulling something forcefully or with difficulty

Dragnoun

the longitudinal retarding force exerted by air or other fluid surrounding a moving object

Dragnoun

a person or thing that impedes progress or development

Dragnoun

unnatural motion of a fishing fly caused by the pull of the line.

Dragnoun

an iron shoe that can be applied as a brake to the wheel of a cart or wagon.

Dragnoun

a boring or tiresome person or thing

Dragnoun

an act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette

Dragnoun

clothing more conventionally worn by the opposite sex, especially women's clothes worn by a man

Dragnoun

a street or road

Dragnoun

a thing that is pulled along the ground or through water.

Dragnoun

a harrow used for breaking up the surface of land.

Dragnoun

an apparatus for dredging or for recovering objects from the bottom of a river or lake.

Dragnoun

another term for dragnet

Dragnoun

a strong-smelling lure drawn before hounds as a substitute for a fox.

Dragnoun

a hunt using a drag lure.

Dragnoun

influence over other people

Dragnoun

one of the basic patterns (rudiments) of drumming, consisting of a stroke preceded by two grace notes usually played with the other stick.

Dragnoun

short for drag race

Dragnoun

a private vehicle like a stagecoach, drawn by four horses.

Dragnoun

a car

Trailverb

(transitive) To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something).

Trailverb

(transitive) To drag (something) behind on the ground.

Trailverb

(transitive) To leave (a trail of).

Trailverb

(transitive) To show a trailer of (a film, TV show etc.); to release or publish a preview of (a report etc.) in advance of the full publication.

Trailverb

(intransitive) To hang or drag loosely behind; to move with a slow sweeping motion.

Trailverb

(intransitive) To run or climb like certain plants.

Trailverb

(intransitive) To drag oneself lazily or reluctantly along.

Trailverb

To be losing, to be behind in a competition.

Trailverb

(military) To carry (a firearm) with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle.

Trailverb

To flatten (grass, etc.) by walking through it; to tread down.

Trailverb

(dated) To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.

Trailnoun

The track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints of animal on land or the contrail of an airplane in the sky.

Trailnoun

A route for travel over land, especially a narrow, unpaved pathway for use by hikers, horseback riders, etc.

Trailnoun

A trailer broadcast on television for a forthcoming film or programme.

Trailnoun

(graph theory) A walk in which all the edges are distinct.

Trailverb

To hunt by the track; to track.

Trailverb

To draw or drag, as along the ground.

Trailverb

To carry, as a firearm, with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle.

Trailverb

To tread down, as grass, by walking through it; to lay flat.

Trailverb

To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.

Trailverb

To be drawn out in length; to follow after.

Trailverb

To grow to great length, especially when slender and creeping upon the ground, as a plant; to run or climb.

Trailnoun

A track left by man or beast; a track followed by the hunter; a scent on the ground by the animal pursued; as, a deer trail.

Trailnoun

A footpath or road track through a wilderness or wild region; as, an Indian trail over the plains.

Trailnoun

Anything drawn out to a length; as, the trail of a meteor; a trail of smoke.

Trailnoun

Anything drawn behind in long undulations; a train.

Trailnoun

Anything drawn along, as a vehicle.

Trailnoun

A frame for trailing plants; a trellis.

Trailnoun

The entrails of a fowl, especially of game, as the woodcock, and the like; - applied also, sometimes, to the entrails of sheep.

Trailnoun

That part of the stock of a gun carriage which rests on the ground when the piece is unlimbered. See Illust. of Gun carriage, under Gun.

Trailnoun

The act of taking advantage of the ignorance of a person; an imposition.

Trailnoun

a track or mark left by something that has passed;

Trailnoun

a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country

Trailnoun

evidence pointing to a possible solution;

Trailverb

to lag or linger behind;

Trailverb

go after with the intent to catch;

Trailverb

move, proceed, or walk draggingly pr slowly;

Trailverb

hang down so as to drag along the ground;

Trailverb

drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground;

Trail

A trail is usually a path, track or unpaved lane or road. In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, path or footpath is the preferred term for a walking trail.